Cut-flower holder



Apm'ifl 2, @290 A. J. HNLEY I CUT FLOWER HOLDER Filed Nov. 25 1927 A TTORNE Y.

Patented Apr 2?, 11929.

UNHT TS ARTHUR J". BINLEY, 0F GLEN S FALLS, NEW YORK.

GUT-FLOWER HOLDER;

Application filed November 25, 1927. Serial No. 235,653.

This invention relates to devices for bolding cut flowers or other fragile articles in cardboard boxes for shipment; and is more especially an improvement on the United States Patent No. 974,114 entitled Flowerholder, granted to me on November 1, 1910.

An object of this invention is to provide a holder-bar for a box that will not easily tear out of the sides of said box especially when such a box should be in a moist condition.

Another object of this invention is to provide means on a portion of the holder-bar that is passed through the sides of the cardboard box, so this portionwill not materially bend when being passed or pushed through the sides of the cardboard box.

These and other objects I attain by the construction in the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a cardboard box showing the holder-bar in position.

Figure 2- is an enlarged side View of one end port-ion of the bar-holder before being pushed through the sides of the cardboard box.

Figure 3 is an enlarged plan view of the metallic end-piece in extended position before being secured to the cross-bar.

Figure 4 is an enlarged side view from the opposite side of that described in Figure 2, showing one end portion of the bar-holder after being pushed through one of the sides of the cardboard box and in clamped position to said bar-holder.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 10 represents a box or receptacle made out of preferably cardboard or other inexpensive appropriate material adapted especially for the shipment of cut flowers. In order to hold such cut flowers firmly in non-relative movement position with each other, a holder-bar must be employed to press downwardly on the stems of the cut flowers thereby holding the cut flowers securely in place without injury to their blossoms.

This holder-bar comprises a bar 11 prefer- 'metal and has a socket portion 17 and 18 formed at one section thereof by encircling said portions 17 and 18 around the surface of the bar 11. Openings 20 are provided in these socket portions 17 and 18 in order to allow screws to pass therethrough so that the metallic end-pieces may be fastened to the bar 11.

At the opposite side from the portions 17 and 18 there is an insertable pointed protruding portion 13 which protruding portion 13 is adapted to be pushed through each of opposite sides of the box 10 and then may be bent along the base of said protruding portion sub stantially flush or parallel with the sides of the box as shown especially in Figure 4. In order to give this protruding portion 13 sufli' ,cient rigidness while or when it is being so inserted through each of the sides of the box, this protruding portion 13 is further provided with an elongated dented section 16, thereby giving the desired added stiffness to said member.

In order to materially diminish the possibility of the bar 11 from being pushed or torn out through each of the sides of the box, especially when the box should be in a moist or wet condition as it frequently happens when out flowers are p aced therein for shipment, I have advantageously provided additional bearing surfaces to the box, by means of providing the metallic end-piece 12 with additional bearing surface in the form of cars 14 and 15 disposed on the opposite sides from the pointed protruding portion 13. The ears 14 and 15 extend in the same direction as the protruding portion, and likewise are adapted to be folded over so that said cars 14 and 15 will be substantially flush or parallel to the interior of the sides of the box as shown more particularly in Figure 4.

It will be thus seen, that when the metallic end pieces are provided with these additional ears, as has been,deseribed, thesides of the box are thereby provided with additional bearing surface, thereby resulting in a greater area in which the pulling or tea-ring force is distributed and in view thereof, the shipping boxes consequently are able to withstand a great deal more abuse than they ordinarily will stand without this invention.

It is contemplated that minor structural changes may be made in this device without departing from the scope of the invention, except as the same may be limited by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as newanddesire Letters of Patent for is The combination with a shipping box for out flowers, a cross-bar for retaining the flowers in non-moving position relative to tion intermediate the ends thereof and hav-;

ing a longitudinally depressed portion therein to stiffen the same, a pair of ears extending from the base portion in the same direction as said tongue and positioned one at each side I thereof, said end pieces adapted to encircle the cross-bar at this base portion and to be rigidly secured thereto, and having the ears memes thereon positioned at right angles to said cross-bar and in alignment with the ends thereof so that when said cross bar is to be positioned within the box, the tongues of said end pieces are inserted through the sides of said box and bent substantially flush with the outer surface of said sides, said ears engaging the inner surface of said sides, and extending in a direction different to that of the tongue, whereby said crossbar is rigidly retained in position at all times.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

ARTHUR J. BINLEY. 

